Stop-and-Frisk
For His Brave Activism and Forward Vision, The Black Star News Endorses Jumaane Williams for Public Advocate
Jumaane Williams. Photo: Facebook. On Tuesday, voters in New York City will decide from a list of 17 candidates who they want to ...
Change We Can Believe — Elect Jumaane Williams Lt. Governor of New York
Challenger Williams; tireless innovative young leader. Photos- Jumaanewilliams.com [Editorial] This year’s mid-term elections will be the most critical of our lifetime, for the ...
Eric Garner And Why Bratton And De Blasio Are Wrong On NYPD’s Lynch-hold
What circumstance would justify this? [Black Star News Editorial] The chokehold is a banned procedure in the New York Police Department. It’s a lethal ...
Will Indicted N. Carolina Cop Randall Kerrick Invoke The Zimmerman Fear-Of-Black-Man Defense?
Kerrick [Speaking Truth To Power] This week, a North Carolina grand jury indicted a White police officer for shooting a Black man ten times, ...
Why Bratton, Mayor-Elect de Blasio’s Commissioner Designate, Must Go!
Bill Bratton with de Blasio. Already facing opposition over Giuliani stop-and-frisk ‘broken windows’ association before he steps in office [Op-Ed] Bringing William Bratton back ...
As Expected de Blasio Taps Bratton To Head NYPD; Charles Barron Vows Protest
Charles and Inez Barron. Photo Black Star News [New York] Within hours of Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s announcement that he was appointing Bill Bratton ...
Stop-And-Frisk: Day After Mayoral Election New York’s Top Officials And Activists Pressure Lameduck Mayor Bloomberg
Bloomberg’s appeal leaves many New Yorkers with bad stench as he departs One day after voters elected new leadership, city leaders and residents united ...
De Blasio Wins Big As New Yorkers Reject Lhota’s Giulianism
Dante’s not-so secret weapon was on display at victory party. Photo: The Black Star News [Black Star News Editorial] Divide and rule took a ...
ONE NEW YORK CITY UNITED FOR: DE BLASIO, JAMES, THOMPSON, STRINGER
[Black Star News Editorial] TODAY is Election Day and New Yorkers can do the Right thing by voting for Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public ...
STOP-AND-FRISK: Appeals Court Okays Bloomberg’s Apartheid-Style Policing For Now
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. Apartheid-style policing wins for now The NAACP and New York elected officials this evening denounced a ...
